Some of Christmas Time

let's get together, yeah yeah yeah

Greetings! Certainly, it has been a long time since I've posted any news about my life. Allow me to update you all on the goings on.
It was SO good to have Chris and Catherine and Finley all out for the holidays. I miss you guys already. But life must go on, right? And so it does...
On Monday, Trippe and I began our winter term at Clackamas Community College and, since a few kinks in Trippe's schedule have been smoothed over, we're both satisfied with our schedules.
We're taking a British literature class together which has proven to be pretty fun thus far, then I go off to speech and Spanish while Trippe works on his online writing class. It's so nice to be together at school. It feels so much better to have him with me! (Plus we save gas money by carpooling.)
Trippe let me steal his other phone from him since mine has gone haywire and it's really nice. I was frustrated at first, but I'm getting used to it and beginning to enjoy it. So, anyway, that's all I can think of right now. I hope EVERYONE is well.
Happy primaries!

Red Room, Green Room, More Room, Home Soon

What
was
red
is
green.

Change
is
the
fabric
of
life.

Change
for
the
good
is
always
most
pleasant.

We look forward to your return home for Christmas Chris and Catherine. It will be extremely pleasant with the family all together once again.

44 Days till Christmas

Here's what our Christmas Cactus is up to...

Granola

Our children continue to have a dramatic effect on our lives, gradually changing our perspective by directing light into darkened corners of ignorance, neglect, and insensitivity. Especially when it comes to making healthy choices for our bodies and our environment.

I haven't eaten fast food for a couple of years now. It goes back to a clean sweep Catherine took Cynthia through, throwing out all the poor food choices in our pantry, and taking us on an enlightening shopping trip to Trader Joes. I take probiotic vitamins and green food everyday now, and eat pretty reasonable kinds of things, staying increasingly away from processed stuff. I use castile soap, and avoid contact with the strange chemicals that are all around us when at all possible.

I've always been pretty green in that I never want to throw something away that can be fixed, sometimes to a fault. I hate the thought of one more thing cluttering the landfill or junk yard out of laziness and consumerism. Cynthia's becoming more that way too, now. And she's starting to recycle as much as possible.

We choose to live close to where we work, so that cuts down my fossil fuel contribution to destroying our atmosphere to some degree. My latest conviction is on buying individual serving water bottles from the store. Too many containers, too much waste.

Cynthia's watching the show "Living with Ed" all the time about living green, and I feel some changes coming. Windmills, solar panels, who knows...

We have a long way to go, but our kids continue to be patient with us and set good examples for us in making choices that are healthy for our bodies and the earth we live on. So why all this discussion today?

I'M EATING A BOWL OF HAND MADE GRANOLA THAT IS STORED IN A GLASS CONTAINER!!!!

Thank you Chris, Catherine, and Laura for speaking into our lives. We are proud of who you are, what you do, and we love you very much.

Harvest Moon Bazaar

millions

I miss my family. But guess what! I'M GOING TO BE A MILLIONAIRE! HOORAH! No, but seriously, I hope my family is well. I love you all dearly.